Chronic inflammation is known to contribute to a wide range of health issues, especially those related to the heart, ...

Could your “healthy” vitamin B12 levels still be putting you at risk for cognitive decline? A new UCSF study suggests normal B12 levels may not protect against decline in older adults.

Curious whether that so-called “normal” vitamin B12 result on your blood test is really enough to keep your brainpower, as ...

Vitamin B12 deficiency in the elderly Publish Date February 17, 2011 Several of my elderly patients (older than age 75 years) were initially vitamin B12-deficient.

Dosages for Older People. When you’re in your 60s you should officially start getting blood tests to test for vitamin B12 deficiency. Around this age, you should be getting around 2.4 micrograms ...

A new study has found that, in older people, both lower and higher levels of vitamin B12 may be associated with cognitive issues, even when these levels are within the normal range. Vitamin B12 ...

ANSWER: The DV (a replacement for what we used to call the recommended daily allowance, or RDA) for vitamin B12 is 2.4 mcg. (There are 1,000 micrograms in a milligram, so 2.4 mcg is a very small ...

Lachner C, Martin C, John D, Nekkalapu S, Sasan A, Steinle N, Regenold WT: Older adult psychiatric inpatients with non-cognitive disorders should be screened for vitamin B12 deficiency. J Nutrition, ...

Scientists have found that those with lower B12 levels had slower processing speed, and higher levels were associated with more biomarkers of neurodegeneration.